CVE-2018-5750 Information disclosure in n/a
Local attackers can read sensitive kernel address information from dmesg logs via the ACPI SMBus host controller driver.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2018-5750?
CVE-2018-5750 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 26 Jan 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The acpi_smbus_hc_add function in drivers/acpi/sbshc.c in the Linux kernel through 4.14.15 allows local users to obtain sensitive address information by reading dmesg data from an SBS HC printk call.
Weakness: CWE-200
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-5750?
It affects 10 products.
Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Debian Linux, Linux kernel, Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop, Redhat Enterprise Linux Server, Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Aus and 4 more.
How do I fix CVE-2018-5750?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2018-5750 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-5750 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2018-5750, GHSA-2mwq-2q44-8rc8, UBUNTU-CVE-2018-5750.